Kurt D. Hermansen

Mr. Hermansen focuses his law practice on state and federal criminal trials, appeals, and habeas corpus. He's been a Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization since 2009, and he's been recognized as a Super Lawyer in criminal law in San Diego every year from 2008 to the present. In addition to representing criminal defendants at state and federal felony jury trials, he frequently argues before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the California Court of Appeal. He's also argued before the United States Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court, and en banc in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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California

Since 1993

9th Circuit

Since 2001

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 2000

Trial Attorney

Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.

2000 - 2005

Legal Research Attorney (Habeas Corpus Pro Se Law Clerk)

United States District Court for the Southern District of California

1995 - 2000

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

J.D. (1993)

California State University - Los Angeles

B.A. (1988)

E. Stanley Conant Award for Criminal Defense Attorney of the Year

Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. and Appellate Defenders Inc.

2016

E. Stanley Conant Award for benefitting the San Diego legal community and demonstrating exceptional and unselfish devotion to protecting the rights of the indigent accused, presented by the Board of Directors of Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., and Appellate Defenders, Inc. (April 2016).

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Member

Current

California Attorneys for Criminal Justice

Member

Current

San Diego County Bar Association

Member

Current

Tom Homman Law Association (San Diego’s LGBT Law Association)

Member

Current

National Lawyers Guild

Member

Current

1996 Habeas Corpus Reform, in New Developments in the Fed. law of Habeas Corpus

Matthew Bender for Federal Judicial Center

September 1, 1996

Analyzing The Military’s Justifications For Its Exclusionary Policy: Fifty Years Without A Rational Basis

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

November 1, 1992

Federal and State Gang Motions and Case Law Update, Community Defenders Inc. Annual Seminar, University of San Diego School of Law

January 23, 2016

Community Defenders and University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, CA.

Community Defenders and University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, CA. Attacking State and Federal Gang Cases: Motions, Emotions and Trial Tactics (7.25 CLE). “Federal and State Gang Motions and Case Law Update,” by Kurt Hermansen and Jane Kinsey, San Diego, CA (1.0 CLE) (Jan. 23, 2016).

Criminal Law Specialist

Board of Legal Specialization for the State Bar of California